What Would Barbie, Everyone's Favorite Fashion Doll, Look Like If She Were Real? Prepare To Be Shocked...

For the many STFs out there who spent countless youthful hours dressing their Barbie dolls up in sparkly evening gowns, skinny jeans, and hot pink miniskirts, the image you're about to see may surprise you--mostly because if Barbie were human-size, she'd never to be able to fit in those clothes.

You've probably heard the stats about Barbie's completely unrealistic proportions before--if she were real, she wouldn't be able to menstruate or, some speculate, even stand up straight--but one woman took the concept to the next level, and actually built a Barbie scaled to human size. The results are nothing short of shocking:

Like they mention in the piece, of course Barbie isn't solely responsible for the world's body image woes. But her unrealistic ideal of beauty, coupled with super-skinny models staring back at us from runways, magazine pages, and advertisements in just about every corner of our lives has drilled a message into we women that the way most of us look isn't desirable, and that's a sad shame. The fashion world has lately made minor steps toward remedying the situation--witness the rise of curvier models like Crystal Renn and retailers expanding their offerings to include more plus-size options--and maybe, just maybe the doll industry will follow suit.

What did you ladies make of this video? Did you play with Barbie dolls when you were younger? Do you think she informed your sense of beauty ideals? Did the real-scale Barbie surprise you? Would you let your daughter play with Barbies? Discuss.